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2004 Rally New Zealand

The 2004 Rally New Zealand (formally the 35th Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the fourth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 15 April and 18 April 2004, and was based in Auckland, New Zealand. Subaru's Petter Solberg won the race, his 6th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2004 Rally New Zealand
35th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 4 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Host country New Zealand
Rally baseAuckland
Dates runApril 15, 2004 – April 18, 2004
Stages23 (395.5 km; 245.8 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,398.36 km (868.90 miles)
Statistics
Crews58 at start, 35 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerNorway Petter Solberg
United Kingdom Phil Mills
Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04

Background edit

Entry list edit

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
2   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
3   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
4   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
5   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
6   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
7   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
8   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
9   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
10   Kristian Sohlberg   Kaj Lindström   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
World Rally Championship entries
11   Henning Solberg   Cato Menkerud   Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
12   Daniel Carlsson   Matthias Andersson   Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
14   Jari Viita   Timo Hantunen   M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
15   Antony Warmbold   Gemma Price   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
67   Kevin Holmes   Damon McLachlan   Stumpy Holmes Rallysport Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
76   Malcolm Stewart   Mike Fletcher   S.M.S. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI TME —
77   Dermott Malley   Patrick Malley   Rally Drive NZ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV —
80   Bruce Warburton   Damon McLachlan   Provision Subaru Impreza WRX —
82   Hideaki Ito   Akira Kojima   Hideaki Ito Subaru Impreza WRX —
83   David Langford-Smith   Alan Hind   David Langford-Smith Subaru Impreza WRX —
PWRC entries
31   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
32   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert P
33   Daniel Solà   Xavier Amigò   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
34   Niall McShea   Gordon Noble   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI S10 P
35   Marcos Ligato   Rubén Garcia   Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
36   Ricardo Triviño   Jordi Barrabés   Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
37   Joakim Roman   Björn Nilsson   Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza WRX STI M
38   Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.   Nikola Popov   Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII —
39   Alister McRae   David Senior   R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
40   Manfred Stohl   Ilka Minor   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
41   Jani Paasonen   Sirkka Rautiainen   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
42   Mark Higgins   Michael Gibson   Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI —
43   Gianluigi Galli   Guido D'Amore   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
44   Nasser Al-Attiyah   Chris Patterson   Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
45   Fabio Frisiero   Giovanni Agnese   Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
46   Tomasz Kuchar   Maciej Wodniak   Tomasz Kuchar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII M
47   Xavier Pons   Oriol Julià   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII M
48   Fumio Nutahara   Satoshi Hayashi   Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Y
49   Sergio López-Fombona   Guifré Pujol   Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
50   Sebastian Vollak   Michael Kölbach   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
Source:[2]

Itinerary edit

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 141.92 km
15 April 19:25 SS1 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km
19:55 SS2 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km
16 April 10:13 SS3 Wairere 1 18.90 km
10:51 SS4 Cassidy 15.78 km
11:14 SS5 Bull 31.73 km
13:13 SS6 Wairere 2 18.90 km
13:51 SS7 Possum (Cassidy-Bull) 48.21 km
19:25 SS8 Manukau Super 3 2.10 km
19:46 SS9 Manukau Super 4 2.10 km
Leg 2 — 138.84 km
17 April 11:23 SS10 Parahi 1 25.18 km
12:16 SS11 Batley 1 16.97 km
12:44 SS12 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km
13:07 SS13 Brooks 1 16.03 km
15:13 SS14 Parahi 2 25.18 km
16:06 SS15 Batley 2 16.97 km
16:34 SS16 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km
16:57 SS17 Brooks 2 16.03 km
Leg 3 — 114.74 km
18 April 09:54 SS18 Te Hutewai 1 11.15 km
10:17 SS19 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km
10:45 SS20 Whaanga Coast 1 29.60 km
12:28 SS21 Te Hutewai 2 11.15 km
12:51 SS22 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km
13:19 SS23 Whaanga Coast 2 29.60 km
Source:[3]

Results edit

Overall edit

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 1   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:02:29.5 10
2 5   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:02:35.4 +5.9 8
3 7   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:02:55.1 +25.6 6
4 3   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:34.7 +1:05.2 5
5 6   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:04:53.2 +2:23.7 4
6 4   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:05:38.4 +3:08.9 3
7 2   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:08:12.0 +5:42.5 2
8 12   Daniel Carlsson   Matthias Andersson   Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 4:15:53.3 +13:23.8 1

World Rally Cars edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 1   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:02:29.5 10
2 2 5   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:02:35.4 +5.9 8
3 3 7   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:02:55.1 +25.6 6
4 4 3   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:34.7 +1:05.2 5
5 5 6   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:04:53.2 +2:23.7 4
6 6 4   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:05:38.4 +3:08.9 3
7 7 2   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:08:12.0 +5:42.5 2
18 8 8   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:26:02.3 +23:32.8 0
Retired SS2 9   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Electronical 0
Retired SS2 10   Kristian Sohlberg   Kaj Lindström   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Electronical 0

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (15 Apr) SS1 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 1:24.5   Markko Märtin
SS2 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 1:22.4   Petter Solberg
Leg 1 (16 Apr) SS3 Wairere 1 18.90 km   Petter Solberg
  Marcus Grönholm 		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04
Peugeot 307 WRC 		10:42.5
SS4 Cassidy 15.78 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:13.7
SS5 Bull 31.73 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 19:55.6   Marcus Grönholm
SS6 Wairere 2 18.90 km   Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 10:27.2   Petter Solberg
SS7 Possum (Cassidy-Bull) 48.21 km   Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 28:55.9   Harri Rovanperä
SS8 Manukau Super 3 2.10 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 1:24.8   Petter Solberg
SS9 Manukau Super 4 2.10 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 1:24.0
Leg 2 (17 Apr) SS10 Parahi 1 25.18 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:57.2
SS11 Batley 1 16.97 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:23.1
SS12 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 6:36.6
SS13 Brooks 1 16.03 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 9:47.3
SS14 Parahi 2 25.18 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:41.2
SS15 Batley 2 16.97 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:08.3
SS16 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 6:26.3
SS17 Brooks 2 16.03 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:34.4
Leg 3 (18 Apr) SS18 Te Hutewai 1 11.15 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 7:52.4
SS19 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 10:54.7
SS20 Whaanga Coast 1 29.60 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 21:31.4   Marcus Grönholm
SS21 Te Hutewai 2 11.15 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 7:46.0
SS22 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 10:43.5   Petter Solberg
SS23 Whaanga Coast 2 29.60 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 20:47.1

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1   1   Markko Märtin 26   1   Michael Park 26     Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 47
2   1   Sébastien Loeb 25   1   Daniel Elena 25     Citroën Total WRT 38
3     Marcus Grönholm 24     Timo Rautiainen 24     Marlboro Peugeot Total 33
4   1   Petter Solberg 23   1   Phil Mills 23     555 Subaru World Rally Team 31
5   1   François Duval 14   1   Stéphane Prévot 14     Mitsubishi Motors 5

Production World Rally Championship edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
10 1 40   Manfred Stohl   Ilka Minor   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:18:53.3 10
12 2 35   Marcos Ligato   Rubén Garcia   Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:20:09.6 +1:16.3 8
13 3 39   Alister McRae   David Senior   R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:20:28.3 +1:35.0 6
14 4 41   Jani Paasonen   Sirkka Rautiainen   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:20:44.1 +1:50.8 5
15 5 31   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:20:52.1 +1:58.8 4
16 6 47   Xavier Pons   Oriol Julià   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:23:20.4 +4:27.1 3
20 7 44   Nasser Al-Attiyah   Chris Patterson   Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:27:33.9 +8:40.6 2
21 8 32   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert 4:27:53.2 +8:59.9 1
23 9 49   Sergio López-Fombona   Guifré Pujol   Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:33:29.7 +14:36.4 0
27 10 38   Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.   Nikola Popov   Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:38:06.3 +19:13.0 0
30 11 36   Ricardo Triviño   Jordi Barrabés   Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:51:02.6 +32:09.3 0
Retired SS23 37   Joakim Roman   Björn Nilsson   Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza WRX STI Brakes 0
Retired SS21 34   Niall McShea   Gordon Noble   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI S10 Accident 0
Retired SS20 33   Daniel Solà   Xavier Amigò   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS18 50   Sebastian Vollak   Michael Kölbach   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Over time limit 0
Retired SS13 42   Mark Higgins   Michael Gibson   Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI Fire 0
Retired SS6 48   Fumio Nutahara   Satoshi Hayashi   Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Accident 0
Retired SS5 43   Gianluigi Galli   Guido D'Amore   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS3 46   Tomasz Kuchar   Maciej Wodniak   Tomasz Kuchar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Fuel pump 0
Retired SS1 45   Fabio Frisiero   Giovanni Agnese   Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI Accident 0

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (15 Apr) SS1 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km   Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1:31.2   Fumio Nutahara
SS2 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km   Jani Paasonen
  Gianluigi Galli 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 		1:29.6
Leg 1 (16 Apr) SS3 Wairere 1 18.90 km   Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:23.4   Gianluigi Galli
SS4 Cassidy 15.78 km   Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI 9:50.8   Manfred Stohl
SS5 Bull 31.73 km   Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 21:08.6
SS6 Wairere 2 18.90 km   Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI 11:06.6
SS7 Possum (Cassidy-Bull) 48.21 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 30:52.6
SS8 Manukau Super 3 2.10 km   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI S10 1:24.8
SS9 Manukau Super 4 2.10 km   Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:31.9
Leg 2 (17 Apr) SS10 Parahi 1 25.18 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:51.4
SS11 Batley 1 16.97 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 9:55.5
SS12 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 7:00.2
SS13 Brooks 1 16.03 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:21.3
SS14 Parahi 2 25.18 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:42.1   Daniel Solà
SS15 Batley 2 16.97 km   Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 9:54.8
SS16 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km   Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:56.7
SS17 Brooks 2 16.03 km   Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10:15.0
Leg 3 (18 Apr) SS18 Te Hutewai 1 11.15 km   Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 8:20.7
SS19 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km   Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:31.5
SS20 Whaanga Coast 1 29.60 km   Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 22:36.7   Manfred Stohl
SS21 Te Hutewai 2 11.15 km   Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 8:11.6
SS22 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km   Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:24.2
SS23 Whaanga Coast 2 29.60 km   Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 22:15.3

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1     Daniel Solà 16
2     Toshihiro Arai 15
3     Jani Paasonen 15
4     Alister McRae 14
5     Manfred Stohl 10

References edit

  1. ^ "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 17 September 2021.

External links edit

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